X射线衍射增强成像中的折射衬度

根据X射线在界面处的折射过程,推导出X射线在物体中折射偏转角度的表达式;从X射线双晶衍射的原理出发,讨论了衍射增强成像(DEI)技术的空间分辨率和电子密度的衬度分辨率,明确了折射衬度在DEI技术中的表现形式,并从实验上进行了验证.利用不同能量的X射线获得了人肝病理样品中血管的DEI清晰图像,讨论了折射衬度在其中所起的作用.     

X射线衍射增强成像中吸收、折射以及散射衬度的计算层析

X射线相位衬度成像是一种新型的X射线成像技术,通过记录射线穿过物体后相位的改变对物体进行成像,可以提供比传统的X射线吸收成像更高的图像衬度以及空间分辨力。衍射增强成像方法(Diffraction enhancedimaging,DEI)是X射线相位衬度成像方法之一,利用一块放置在物体和探测器之间的分析晶体提取物体的吸收、折射以及散射信息并进行成像。将衍射增强成像方法与计算机断层成像技术(Computerized Tomography)进行结合,利用吸收、散射以及折射信息,分别采用滤波反投影以及雷登(Radon)变换,对昆虫样品——蜜蜂进行计算层析重建,获得了好于X射线吸收计算层析的重建结果,验证了衍射增强成像信息分离计算层析的优越性。     

乳腺组织的衍射增强成像

为了探讨X射线衍射增强成像(DEI)技术在乳腺癌早期诊断中的价值,利用北京同步辐射光源4W1A束线引出的硬X射线, 对大块的正常乳腺组织和癌变乳腺组织进行X射线衍射增强成像,并对DEI中获得的不同图像以及正常组织和癌变组织的DEI图像进行对照分析.结果显示: 在摇摆曲线顶部位置获得的图像(衍射图像)清晰度比较高,能够很好地反映出软组织中的结构. 表观吸收图像与传统的乳腺X光照片基本相似, 但分辨不同的软组织有一定的难度, 分辨的能力也不如衍射图像; 而折射图像能够很好地显示出正常乳腺组织和癌变乳腺组织中腺体的形状、大小、分布和结构上的差异. 因此, DEI技术在乳腺癌的诊断上有较高的价值, 可作为常规诊断手段的重要补充.     

基于可分离编码的高分辨X射线荧光成像技术研究

相比于传统基于毛细管或针孔的X射线成像系统,编码孔径成像系统具有结构简单、灵敏度高、扩展性强等优势,使其在X射线荧光成像中极具潜力.本工作应用新型编码孔径成像计算模型,设计了一种基于可分离编码的X射线成像系统.利用Geant4蒙特卡罗仿真对系统的性能进行了研究,并根据快速迭代收缩阈值算法进行了图像重建.模拟及分析结果显示,近场成像时,与传统基于卷积模型的成像系统不同,该系统的性能不受准直效应的影响.成像系统的空间分辨率约为65 μm,并能够准确地重建出不同能量的线源和形状复杂物体的图像.重建图像的质量受校准时所用X射线能量和物体发射X射线能量的影响,两者差异越小,重建图像的质量越高.三维重建结果显示,系统能够从单次获取的二维投影图像,正确地重建出物体与系统的距离,轴向空间分辨率约为1.1 mm.     

衍射增强成像信息分离方法研究

衍射增强成像（DEI）是一种功能强大的相位衬度成像技术,对于软组织,它能获得比基于吸收的传统X射线成像技术更高的衬度.研究了一种基于DEI的信息分离方法,它能同时获得三种参数图像,即吸收像、折射像和小角散射像.信息分离利用解析方程求解,获得的参数图像质量取决于在三个不同的分析晶体角度处获得的DEI图像.利用矩阵条件数对方程求解的稳定性进行了讨论,推导出理论上的折射角和小角散射宽度的最大值.最后,利用豚鼠耳蜗DEI图像对研究结果进行了验证. 关键词： 信息分离 衍射增强成像 矩阵条件数 豚鼠耳蜗     

代数迭代重建算法在折射衬度CT中的应用

X射线折射衬度CT是一种基于相位衬度的断层成像技术，特别适合对由轻元素组成的生物、医学样品进行成像，可以观察到常规吸收衬度CT无法观察到的软组织内部微细结构，是一种具有巨大发展潜力的新成像方法.迭代重建算法和解析重建算法是计算机断层成像技术中并行发展的两种算法，虽然已经提出了几种X射线折射衬度CT的解析重建算法，可是还未见X射线折射衬度CT迭代重建算法的报道.研究了代数迭代重建算法在X射线折射衬度CT中的应用，比较分析了不同的投影数据排列方式对于折射衬度CT重建图像的影响，并对实验数据进行了图像重建，获得了满意的CT图像.研究结果表明，在相位衬度CT中，迭代重建算法相对于解析重建算法而言，能减少投影次数，降低曝光剂量，减少对生物样品的辐射损伤，在生物样品成像和投影数据不完整的情况下具有明显的优势. 关键词： 衍射增强成像 代数迭代算法 CT重建 同步辐射     

衍射增强成像中的折射角与边界可见度

X射线衍射增强成像技术可以精确得到样品内部结构的折射角信息, 对提高轻元素物质的成像衬度有着重要的意义. 本文对楔型和圆形两种模型样品进行了DEI实验的研究, 对3种不同能量的X射线均精确得到了样品的折射角信息, 与理论计算值吻合的很好. 利用边界可见度(Edge Visibility)对楔形样品进行了定量的分析. 结果表明, 对于特定折射角的界面, 能精确计算其最佳可见度的位置, 并与实验结果吻合的较好. 最后对一块实际医学肿瘤样品边界处的可见度进行了定量的研究, 讨论了获得最佳成像衬度的条件.     

X射线成像系统点扩展函数理论模型及其实验验证

X射线成像系统点扩展函数是影响X射线成像空间分辨率和密度分辨率的决定性因素,在系统分析X射线成像物理过程基础上,建立了X射线成像系统点扩展函数的一种数学解析模型,推导出了射束有效宽度计算公式,最后通过实验验证了模型的正确性。该模型为X射线成像系统空间分辨率和密度分辨率的初步设计和评定提供了理论依据,可作为X射线图像恢复算法中模糊函数的先验信息。     

X射线衍射增强相衬成像相位信息提取方法研究

基于同步辐射的X射线衍射增强相衬成像有效地应用于低吸收轻物质(例如软组织)材料的内部结构检查,其关键技术是如何从DEI图像中提取出反映物体相位梯度信息的折射角图像.本文在综合研究了光学几何近似方法和多图统计方法等相位信息提取技术之后,提出了``统计--几何光学近似'相位信息提取的新方法, 并在北京BSRF形貌站上进行了实验验证. 实验表明,新方法能够大大提高光学几何近似求解的精确度和折射角图像的信噪比.     

同步辐射硬x射线衍射增强成像新进展

对于相位衬度成像的实验方法研究及其在医学、材料等领域的应用研究已成为国际上研究的热点.衍射增强成像方法(DEI)作为其中的一种方法通过测量相位衬度的一阶导数而成像.在北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)4W1A束线上，对衍射增强成像方法进行了研究，并对一系列生物医学样品及材料样品成像，得到了非常清晰的相位衬度图像. 关键词： 衍射增强成像 同步辐射 硬x射线     

Improvement and error analysis of quantitative information extraction in diffraction-enhanced imaging

Diffraction-enhanced imaging （DEI） is a powerful phase-sensitive technique that provides higher spatial resolution and supercontrast of weakly absorbing objects than conventional radiography. It derives contrast from the X-ray absorption, refraction, and ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering （USAXS） properties of an object. The separation of different-contrast contributions from images is an important issue for the potential application of DEI. In this paper, an improved DEI （IDEI） method is proposed based on the Gaussian curve fitting of the rocking curve （RC）. Utilizing only three input images, the IDEI method can accurately separate the absorption, refraction, and USAXS contrasts produced by the object. The IDEI method can therefore be viewed as an improvement to the extended DEI （EDEI） method. In contrast, the IDEI method can circumvent the limitations of the EDEI method well since it does not impose a Taylor approximation on the RC. Additionally, analysis of the IDEI model errors is performed to further investigate the factors that lead to the image artifacts, and finally validation studies are conducted using computer simulation and synchrotron experimental data.     

Hard-x-ray region tomographic reconstruction of the refractive-index gradient vector field: imaging principles and comparisons with diffraction-enhanced-imaging-based computed tomography

The unique tomographic imaging method based on refractive effects that was recently developed by Maksimenko et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 124105 (2005)] exhibits an excellent imaging property in the hard-x-ray region for phase objects such as soft materials and biological samples. However, there seems to have been little consideration of the physical aspects of the underlying imaging principles. Also, as the method is similar to diffraction-enhanced-imaging (DEI)-based computed tomography (CT), the difference between these two methodologies has not been made clear. We theoretically consider the imaging principles starting from the measurement process to the reconstruction procedures from the viewpoint of geometrical optics and then clarify their difference in relationship to the physical quantities to be depicted. The major feature of this novel method is the in-plane two-dimensional vector-field reconstruction of the refractive-index gradient in an object, while DEI CT obtains the out-of-plane scalar-field gradient component. In other words, the novel method and DEI CT present the transverse and the longitudinal components, respectively, of the three-dimensional vector fields of the gradient refractive index. Therefore they can be considered complementary to each other.     

衍射增强成像方法在计算机断层成像中的应用

衍射增强成像是X射线相位衬度成像方法之一，这种方法具有较高的衬度和空间分辨率. 利用它对由轻元素组成的生物、医学样品成像可以观察到常规吸收成像无法观察到的内部微细结构. 这种方法在生物、医学、材料科学等无损检测领域中的应用研究，已成为当前国际上X射线成像领域中的研究热点. 讨论衍射增强成像方法和该方法在计算机断层成像中的应用. 实验结果表明，使用衍射增强成像方法获得的数据源能够重建出微米级的生物组织结构，这些组织结构信息在常规X射线断层成像中是难以得到的. 关键词： 衍射增强成像 CT重建 同步辐射 微细结构     

Spot size diagnostics for flash radiographic X-ray sources at LAPA

Spot size is one of the parameters to characterize the performance of a radiographic X-ray source. It determines the degree of blurring due to magnification directly. In recent years, a variety of measurement methods have been used to diagnose X-ray spot size at Laboratory of Accelerator Physics and Application (LAPA). Computer simulations and experiments showed that using a rolled-edge to measure the spot size are more accurate, and the intensity distribution of X-ray source was obtained by a device with a square aperture. Experimental and simulation results on a flash X-ray source at our laboratory are presented and discussed in this paper. In addition, a new method for time resolved diagnostics of X-ray spot size is introduced too.     

Spot size diagnostics for flash radiographic X-ray sources at LAPA

Spot size is one of the parameters to characterize the performance of a radiographic X-ray source. It determines the degree of blurring due to magnification directly. In recent years, a variety of measurement methods have been used to diagnose X-ray spot size at Laboratory of Accelerator Physics and Application (LAPA). Computer simulations and experiments showed that using a rolled-edge to measure the spot size are more accurate, and the intensity distribution of X-ray source was obtained by a device with a square aperture. Experimental and simulation results on a flash X-ray source at our laboratory are presented and discussed in this paper. In addition, a new method for time resolved diagnostics of X-ray spot size is introduced too.     

X-ray diffraction enhanced imaging study of intraocular tumors in human beings

Diffraction enhanced imaging(DEI) with edge enhancement is suitable for the observation of weakly absorbing objects.The potential ability of the DEI was explored for displaying the microanatomy and pathology of human eyeball in this work.The images of surgical specimens from malignant intraocular tumor of hospitalized patients were taken using the hard X-rays from the topography station of Beamline 4W1A at Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility(BSRF).The obtained radiographic images were analyzed in correlation with those of pathology.The results show that the anatomic and pathologic details of intraocular tumors in human beings can be observed clearly by DEI for the first time,with good visualization of the microscopic details of eyeball ring such as sclera,choroids and other details of intraocular organelles.And the best resolution of DEI images reaches up to the magnitude of several tens of μm.The results suggest that it is capable of exhibiting clearly the details of intraocular tumor using DEI method.     

基于约束优化的闪光照相图像重建算法

针对闪光照相图像受模糊及噪声影响的问题,提出了一种基于约束优化的闪光照相图像重建算法。该算法建立基于平行束投影的正向成像矩阵,并通过嵌入模糊矩阵表达成像过程中的模糊因素,采用最速下降法求解重建问题。在算法中设计了预优矩阵以提高迭代重建速度,利用客体密度值非负、密度分布分段光滑并含有阶跃性边界的先验知识,设计和采用了非负约束、光滑约束及广义变分边界约束条件。对仿真FTO客体图像及实际闪光照相图像的重建结果表明,基于约束优化的重建算法具有良好的边界保持能力及噪声抑制能力,可以有效提高图像重建质量。     

X-ray diffraction enhanced imaging study of intraocular tumors in human beings

Diffraction enhanced imaging （DEI） with edge enhancement is suitable for the observation of weakly absorbing objects. The potential ability of the DEI was explored for displaying the microanatomy and pathology of human eyeball in this work. The images of surgical specimens from malignant intraocular tumor of hospitalized patients were taken using the hard X-rays from the topography station of Beamline 4W1A at Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility （BSRF）. The obtained radiographic images were analyzed in correlation with those of pathology. The results show that the anatomic and pathologic details of intraocular tumors in human beings can be observed clearly by DEI for the first time, with good visualization of the microscopic details of eyeball ring such as sclera, choroids and other details of intraocular organelles. And the best resolution of DEI images reaches up to the magnitude of several tens of μm. The results suggest that it is capable of exhibiting clearly the details of intraocular tumor using DEI method.